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The round tower over the burial site of Glasnevin Cemetery founder Daniel O’Connell. PHOTOCALL IRELAND By Michael Gray Media vita in morte sumus: i...

Whistle player Allison Haugh in silhouette at the Fleadh. PHOTO: MARIANNE MANGAN By Daniel Neely Last weekend, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann's North ...

Mick Flannery is not a country singer, but his style sometimes reflects his Nashville start. By Colleen Taylor Cork singer Mick Flannery found his ...

The Gene Siskel Film Center on Sept. 25-27 expects to see some of the same ethnic swagger that made James Cagney famous. By Mike Houlihan I auditio...

By Tom Fleming letters@irishecho.com What is the most important argument in American history? The quarrel between North and South that led to the m...

By Áine Ní Shionnaigh Chatting to Emmet Cahill earlier this week is like catching up with a long lost friend. He has a hint of an accent which I st...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Mary Costello. PHOTO BY MARTINA KENJI Last year, Mary Costello joined the ranks of Irish writers who’ve mad...

Best-selling author and former IAW&A President T.J. English will read at the event supporting urban librarians. PHOTO: PETER MCDERMOTT By Karen Dal...

Celtic Cross on Stone Street. By Colleen Taylor It feels like “New York Irish” should be its own category on iTunes, have its own section in the re...

Norah Rendell’s “Spinning Yarns” is comprised of Irish, Scottish and English songs collected decades ago in Canada. By Daniel Neely New York City’s...

" A History of Irish Music" -- an extract Phil Lynott in 1984. PHOTOCALL IRELAND By Larry Kirwan It was hard to ignore Phil Lynott. He was like a f...

Tara Erraught. PHOTO: KRISTIN SPEED Tara Erraught, the 28-year-old mezzo-soprano from Dundalk, Co. Louth, will make her U.S. debut on Monday in Ros...